The Punjab School Education Board has declared the Class 12 results for 2026 today, with the overall pass percentage standing at 91.46 per cent. The results continue the board’s consistent trend of maintaining a pass rate above the 90 per cent mark over the last few years.Once again, girls have outperformed boys in the Punjab…
Mumbai: With the students now having a wider range of options across colleges in Mumbai and other parts of the country, traditional programmes, including arts in leading colleges, appear to have taken a hit. The second merit list, released on Saturday evening, showed a dip in cut-offs across several programmes. While commerce and allied courses…
Gurgaon: A 40-acre site at Patli Hazipur village in Farrukhnagar tehsil has been categorised as “fully feasible” for collection and processing of fresh waste generated by the city. The Patli Hazipur site is among 10 locations outside municipal limits, which were examined by a five-member panel. However, the committee, headed by MCG additional commissioner Ravinder…
Varanasi: Governor Anandiben Patel said that the Somnath Swabhiman Parv is a reflection of an unwavering journey spanning 1,000 years, during which the Somnath temple preserved its faith, spiritual energy, and existence despite repeated attacks and conflicts..“Kashi and Somnath are two immortal symbols of Indian civilization, which reflect the pride of spiritual unity, cultural consciousness…
Rajkot: The sessions court in Rajkot has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for the brutal murder of his wife, 11-year-old son and his wife’s paramour. On Oct 22, 2023, Pravin alias Kanu Dafda intentionally ran them over with a truck out of spite and jealousy.Additional sessions judge, P J Kayastha, convicted Dafda, 46, under…
The strike was called by the All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD) Mumbai: About 20,000 medical shops in Mumbai and over a lakh across the state remained shut on Wednesday in protest against online medicine delivery platforms.The strike was called by the All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD), which said that…
Guwahati: BJP on Thursday announced president of its Manipur unit, Adhikarimayum Sharda Devi, as the party’s candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha election.Devi, the first woman president of BJP Manipur, has long been associated with the organisation and has previously served as the party’s national vice-president from 2014 to 2016.Nominations can be filed until June…
Comedian Pranit More (File Photo) GURGAON: A fresh controversy has erupted around comedian Pranit More’s show after another video from the programme went viral on social media, in which a woman from the audience was allegedly seen making comments about male cadavers’ private parts.The purported clip has triggered criticism online, with several users questioning the…
Nihangs storm Uttarakhand Gurdwara, hold manager hostage over arrests after Karnaprayag clash NEW DELHI: A group of Nihangs allegedly stormed a gurdwara in Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag district, took the manager hostage and climbed onto the roof of the religious premises while demanding the release of four members of their group arrested in connection with a clash…
Thane: A 75-year-old Mumbai-based businessman was allegedly duped of Rs 56 lakh by a ‘healer’ who promised to cure his ailments with alternative treatments before allegedly blackmailing him using nude photographs, police said.According to the Kasarvadavali police, the accused and an associate befriended the businessman at a Mumbai hospital nearly two years ago while he…
